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ANALYSIS

 White House's 
 Preferred 
 First-100-Days 
 Story Lines 

Look out for these White House plugs next Wednesday

Apr 23, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's savvy advisers may scoff at his 100th day as a "Hallmark holiday," but they're happy to tell reporters how to cover it. Politico lists what the White House is spinning:
  • Obama's not overambitious, just a promise-keeper—right down to that new pup.
  • His broader
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Barack Obama • White House • list • presidential adviser • David Axelrod • Obama administration • President Obama • 100 days

'Weighty' Torture Memo Decision Took Weeks

President's belief in rule of law won out in choice to release Bush-era memos

Apr 17, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama spent weeks thinking "very long and hard" about his "weighty decision" to release memos on harsh CIA interrogation techniques green-lighted by the Bush administration, senior adviser David Axelrod tells Politico. In the end, Axelrod says, the president's belief in transparency and the rule of law won... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • CIA • torture • Guantanamo Bay • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • David Axelrod • torture memo • President Obama

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Geithner, Henderson 
 Open to GM Bankruptcy 

Treasury sec adamant that GM won't fade away

Apr 5, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bankruptcy remains an option for GM as a last resort, both new chief Fritz Henderson and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said today. “You can’t rule options off the table,” Henderson told CNN’s State of the Union. Whatever happens, Geithner stressed on CBS’ Face the Nation that... More »

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North Korea • Newt Gingrich • General Motors • David Axelrod • Timothy Geithner • Fritz Henderson

ANALYSIS

 Obama Polling Machine 
 Kicks Into Gear 

White House relies on public opinion data to push agenda

Apr 3, 09 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is increasingly reliant on polling data as he fine-tunes his budget pitch, relying on Washington outsiders in an operation more involved than his predecessor’s but less comprehensive than President Clinton’s. The process, sources tell Politico, is almost completely focused on pushing policy and not on measuring... More »

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polling • David Axelrod • Obama administration • President Obama • White House political office • Joel Benenson

ANALYSIS

 Axelrod Still Obama's 
 Guardian, Attack Dog 

Strategist turned senior adviser enjoys unparalleled access

Mar 9, 09 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s coterie has grown substantially since taking office, but nobody has as much access as David Axelrod, campaign strategist turned special adviser. Though he spends his days fine-tuning every speech, poring over polls, and orchestrating political battles, the New York Times reports, Axelrod is wary of any comparison... More »

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Barack Obama • Karl Rove • White House • David Plouffe • David Axelrod • Obama administration • President Obama • media strategy

 Prez Loves to 
 Work the Phone 


Obama loves to get info and connect with people, voice-to-voice

Mar 4, 09 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama might love his Blackberry for the email, but the new commander-in-chief also spends a sizable amount of time working the phones with people ranging from close advisers to world leaders, reports the New York Times. Obama often makes more than two dozen calls a day in order... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • telephone • David Axelrod • George W. Bush • President Obama

PROFILE

 Gibbs Has the 
 Ear of Obama 


Feb 22, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Press Secretary Robert Gibbs may be best known these days for deflecting harsh questions in the briefing room, but his advisory role in the administration goes much deeper than that, writes Michael Scherer in Time. “There isn't a single decision that the president has formed in the course... More »

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Washington DC • White House • American media • Valerie Jarrett • David Axelrod • press secretary • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Stimulus Will Hit Fast: Axelrod

Obama aide defends Geithner; Graham: country 'screwed' if this is bipartisanship

Feb 15, 09 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Calling Tim Geithner’s economic rescue plan “a very thoughtful strategy,” David Axelrod said the economic stimulus will be felt soon and defended the treasury secretary today on NBC’s Meet the Press. President Obama’s senior adviser said Wall Street’s expectations were unrealistic and that the... More »

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John McCain • Dick Cheney • terrorism • talk show • Lindsey Graham • Meet the Press • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • David Axelrod • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • This Week

 Axelrod to Rove: Be Quiet 

Obama adviser dismisses criticisms from Bush's brain

Feb 13, 09 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - If Karl Rove’s so smart, how come his party’s the one locked out of power? That’s what top White House adviser David Axelrod seemed to ask in an interview with the Washington Post. Dismissing Rove’s criticisms of Obama’s stimulus plan as “intramural stuff,”... More »

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Karl Rove • economic stimulus package • David Axelrod • Obama administration

In Obama's White House, Informality Rules

New prez jettisons Bush's insistence on jacket and tie

Jan 29, 09 8:43 AM CST
(Newser) - When George W. Bush was in charge, no one was allowed to enter the Oval Office without a suit and tie—and 43 even demanded business attire on weekends. Barack Obama's White House is a more casual place, where even the president himself works in shirtsleeves, the New York Times... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • Hawaii • Oval Office • David Axelrod • Obama administration • President Obama

First 100 Days? Too Slow for O

In new White House, change will happen in 100 hours—or maybe mere minutes

Jan 20, 09 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - At minute one, everything changes. The inaugural passing of the baton will happen at lightning speed today, Politico reports, as the new team hits the ground running, amid an economic crisis that makes the traditional timetable obsolete. Through the morning, White House staff will work furiously to get the building... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • 100 hours • Guantanamo Bay • executive order • inauguration • David Axelrod • Iraq exit strategy

Talk show ROUNDUP

Pelosi Open to Prosecuting Bushies

Emanuel: Blago didn't imply anything shady
in talks with me

Jan 18, 09 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi would consider prosecuting some Bush White House officials, she told Fox News Sunday, even though Barack Obama has signaled that he doesn't favor such a move. "We cannot let the politicizing of, for example, the Justice Department to go unreviewed," says the speaker of the House.... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Department of Justice • taxes • corruption • Illinois • governor • economic stimulus package • Rod Blagojevich • David Axelrod • financial crisis • President Obama • public corruption

Talk Show Roundup

Axelrod to Warren Haters: Get Over It

Obama aide says tax cut coming; Laura
Bush defends George

Dec 28, 08 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - To those who object to Rick Warren delivering the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration, chief adviser David Axelrod has a message: chill out. On today's Meet the Press, he heralded the choice as political bridge-building: A conservative pastor praying for a progressive president "is a healthy thing and... More »

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Laura Bush • Fox News • tax cuts • tax hikes • Meet the Press • Rick Warren • David Axelrod • evangelist • President Obama

 73% of Americans Back Obama 

Poll reveals reservoir of national goodwill for prez-elect

Dec 11, 08 4:19 AM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Barack Obama will begin his term of office with an enormous reservoir of goodwill among American voters, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. The poll found 73% of adults approve of his preparations to take over, with even 29% of John McCain voters now viewing Barack Obama... More »

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Iraq • John McCain • terrorism • Bill Clinton • infrastructure • David Axelrod • economy • George W. Bush • personal approval • financial crisis • President Obama

talk show roundup

'Public Sick of Partisanship':
Lieberman

Joe says Obama never called back; politicos talk bailouts on TV

Nov 23, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman told Meet the Press today that he regrets "some things I said in the heat of the campaign that I wish I'd said more clearly," and hopes Barack Obama will put, er, "country first" by leading in a bipartisan fashion. Lieberman said he called... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • John McCain • Charles Schumer • Joe Lieberman • auto industry • economic stimulus package • David Axelrod • bailout • economy • financial crisis • President Obama

Political Office
Is Gray Area
at White House

Obama won't say he'll shutter nerve center of 'perpetual campaign'

Nov 13, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama made transcending partisan politics part of his campaign pitch, but he remains noncommittal on a proposal to abolish the White House political office. A Reagan Administration creation, it played a vastly different role under Karl Rove than it had previously, Politico reports. John McCain has called for eliminating... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • Rahm Emanuel • Ed Rollins • David Axelrod • President Obama

Pay Cut, Scrutiny Await Axelrod in DC

Consultant's finances would come into sharp focus

Nov 13, 08 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - David Axelrod would pay a steep price to follow his most famous client to the White House, Politico reports. Barack Obama’s right-hand man would probably have to sell his stakes in the lucrative consulting firms he founded  and open his finances to public scrutiny. Axelrod’s firms have collected... More »

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Barack Obama • Karl Rove • David Axelrod • political strategists • Obama administration • President Obama

 Talking Heads 
 Vow Restraint 
 ... Sort of 

Networks vow some restraint

Nov 4, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Television news executives have vowed they won't jump the gun and project a president-elect until one man has 270 electoral votes. And they won't count electoral votes until polls are closed, reports the Los Angeles Times. But if key states in the East and Midwest back Obama, viewers will likely... More »

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California • New Mexico • Rick Davis • Nevada • Colorado • CBS News • exit polls • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • television news • network news • projections

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Aide: 
 Mac 'Greatest 
 Closer of All Time' 

Davis predicts McCain surprise win

Nov 2, 08 1:41 PM CST
(Newser) - McCain campaign manager Rick Davis told Fox News Sunday that the Republicans will seize Pennsylvania and the Southwestern states for a come-from-behind finish on Tuesday, the Hill reports. “John McCain may be the greatest closer politician of all time,” he said. Other highlights from the talk shows:
... More »

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Rick Davis • Obama 2008 • talk show • David Broder • John Ensign • George Stephanopoulos • Meet the Press • robo-calls • McCain 2008 • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • punditry

OPINION

Obama, Not McCain, Would Be Third Bush Term

Dem doesn't offer much hope of change from current president

Nov 1, 08 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has freely used the Bush card, reminding voters that John McCain has agreed with the president 90% of the time—but “the irony here is that Obama actually has much more in common with Bush than McCain does,” Bill Siegel writes in the National Review. He... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Barack Obama • John McCain • Islam • Karl Rove • George HW Bush • foreign policy • David Axelrod • George W. Bush • Wall Street bailout

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